satiswt {GLMsData}

Satisfaction with weight in youth

Description

The number of children and youth aged 12–17 who are satisfied with their weight

Usage

data(satiswt)

Format

A data frame with 24 observations on the following 4 variables.

Counts

the number of youth in the indicated category; a numeric vector

Gender

gender; a factor with levels F (female) or M (male)

WishWt

the youths' wish for their weight relative to now; a factor with levels Thinner, Same or Heavier

Matur

when sexual maturity reached; a factor with levels Late, Mid, and Early

Details

The data come from a study of children and youth aged 12–17, sampled from the population of the United States in 1963.

Source

Paula Duke Duncan, Philip L. Ritter, Sanford M. Dornbusch, Ruth T. Gross, and J. Merrill Carlsmith (1985) The effects of pubertal timing on body image, school behavior, and deviance. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 14(3), 227–235. The data are inferred from Table II.

Examples

data(satiswt)
summary(satiswt)